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People have no idea what we did in WW2. We built more combat vessels over 1000 tons than Germany constructed Tiger Tanks. During the war my mom, a 20 yr old, worked for the Navy Dept. Her particular job was to follow new construction and declare new vessels ready for shakedown cruise. Certifying that they were crewed and fully supplied. One day she was reviewing losses and discovered vessels she was in the process of certifying had already been sunk or damaged. Navy paperwork had been unable to keep up with construction and deployment. Nope nothing close will ever happen again.

Thanks for sharing your story. Your Mom is a part of history. Most people don't think about what it took to fight WWII in all those theaters. It's nothing you were ever taught in school. I study history, but that wasn't part of the books I read. It wasn't until I had the opportunity to watch a British TV series titled "War Factories," that I discovered the history of war production. I say British, because I downloaded it from a British torrent site I've been a member of for many years.

Here's the IMDb page for it:

War Factories

I did a search and found this link to the 22 episodes. It says "free documentary history," but I haven't tried playing them:

War Factories

At the opening of each episode, the series declares: "All wars are about competition and production. The side that can produce more is always going to triumph over the other side."